A SUSPECTED robber was arrested for allegedly breaking into a house in Waterfalls, Harare, after the police managed to track down a cellphone he allegedly stole and sold. Following his appearance before Harare Magistrate Dennis Mangosi last week, the 40-year-old accused thief, Shame Mwedzi, was placed under remand in custody pending his bail application. Grace…
SENGEZO Tshabangu, who asserts that he is the interim secretary-general of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has scored a major court victory. So significant was yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling that political analysts said it could have serious implications for embattled CCC leader Nelson Chamisa and his close party allies, who have been dismissing Tshabangu…
A MAN from Waterfalls, Harare, who repeatedly threatened to take his own life to coerce his 13-year-old biological daughter into having sex with him has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. The 59-year-old father, who was arrested in June, emotionally blackmailed his daughter by threatening to kill himself if she didn’t sleep with him….
THE Supreme Court has upheld a High Court judgement which found the contract between businessman Wicknell Chivayo’s company Intratrek and the Zimbabwe Power Company for the construction of a Gwanda solar project still valid. The matter, which was heard in June before Supreme Court judges Anne-Mary Gowora, Joseph Musakwa and George Chiweshe, had been reserved…
A MAN from Hatfield, Harare, who allegedly raped his 13-year-old sister-in-law is said to have threatened to kill her and his wife if the teenager refused to sleep with him. The 31-year-old man is being charged with repeatedly sexually abusing his sister-in-law in the presence of his wife. The accused, whose name cannot be published,…
A TRUST reportedly lost US$3 568 after it was duped by three suspected fraudsters. The Honourable Muswere Trust Entity is said to have hired Hamandishe Chihuri, 49, to facilitate a car servicing deal at Faramatsi Motors. Chihuri, who has since been arrested and charged with fraud, was arraigned before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi yesterday where…
TWO Criminal Investigations Department (CID) detectives allegedly extorted money from a businessman who had knowingly purchased 75 bags of stolen fertiliser. Nelson Chinembiri, 36, and Maxwell Mukono, 34, both stationed at CID Marondera are said to have demanded US$730 from Maxwell Takawira after finding him in possession of fertiliser that was stolen from the Presidential…
A ZIMBABWEAN woman allegedly stole a five-month-old baby in South Africa before she came back and started staying in Harare’s Waterfalls suburb. Janet Marimo, 28, who resides at Prospect Flats in Waterfalls, was charged with contravening provisions of the Trafficking in Persons Act when she appeared before Harare Magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa yesterday. Marimo, who is…
THE trial of popular gospel musician Ivy Kombo and her husband Admire Kasi, which was supposed to commence yesterday, has been postponed to December 11. Kombo and her husband are facing fraud and perjury charges after allegedly using fraudulent conversion certificates to get registered as legal practitioners in Zimbabwe. The couple, who are being charged…
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) senior member Job Sikhala, who was convicted early this year on charges of obstructing the course of justice, has been acquitted by the High Court on appeal. The former Zengeza West MP was found guilty in May by Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa, who ruled that he had interfered with police…
